NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Feb. 1)

Welcome to NTD Evening News. Our top story tonight, new tariffs are in effect for Canada, Mexico and China. President Trump has signed an executive order today implementing a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on those from China. Details on that. Trump announces airstrikes on a senior ISIS attack planner and other terrorists in Somalia. Details on the strikes and Trump's message to terrorists. With Secretary Marco Rubio en route to Latin America, our panel discusses whether Trump's actions against Colombia set the tone for his foreign policy. Obesity, an adverse health trend of our times. A bestselling author says when and how often we eat is just as important as what we eat. And when we look at how the Chinese community in Flushing, New York celebrated the Lunar New Year this weekend, plus a message they want to share with the world, reject the Chinese Communist Party's infiltration on U.S. soil. This is NTD Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. I'm Arlene Richards. President Trump signed an executive order today imposing new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China. The order imposes a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on imports from China. Trump and the White House have said the tariffs are a response to the influx of fentanyl and illegal immigrants from these countries, as well as significant trade deficits. The White House stated that quote, today's tariff announcement is necessary to hold China, Mexico and Canada accountable for their promises to halt the flood of poisonous drugs into the United States. According to White House posts, these tariffs will remain in place until cooperation is secured in the fight against drugs and border security. President Trump announced today that he ordered airstrikes on a senior ISIS attack planner and associated targets in Somalia this morning. In a social media post, he wrote quote, the message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that we will find you and we will kill you. These are the first U.S. strikes in the African nation during Trump's second term. A preliminary assessment from the Pentagon indicated that multiple operatives were killed with no civilians harmed. Six Americans detained in Venezuela are now back in the United States. Their release follows a visit by a Trump administration official. U.S. Envoy Richard Grenell met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday. The trip was focused on efforts to deport Venezuelans back to their country and on the release of the Americans. President Trump posted on True Social that Venezuela has agreed to take back all Venezuelan illegal immigrants, including gang members of Tren de Aragua. He also said Venezuela has agreed to provide the transportation. Now to Philadelphia, where a small medical transport jet carrying a child, her mother and four others crashed into a neighborhood shortly after takeoff. Yesterday, at least seven people are dead, including all six passengers on the plane. NTD spoke with an eyewitness who describes the moment of impact. But first, here's Philadelphia Mayor Cheryl Parker. We can also confirm that at least one other person perished in this tragedy, and this individual was in a car. We can confirm that there are also a number of other victims who were injured in this incident, and they are being treated in area hospitals. And thus far, our count is that there are 19 injured victims. But again, this is not etched in stone. The investigation is ongoing. It's coming up north on the boulevard right before I hit Tyson. That's when I saw the explosion. I have a dash cam video. You can see it. But yeah, it was it was insane. At first I thought it was a meteor because the whole sky lit up. Then I saw the fireball and I was like, OK, it was probably a gas station. And I was just in shock. All six people on board were from Mexico. The child received treatment at Shriners Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. She was there for a life-threatening condition and was being transported home to Mexico before the crash. A pilot and co-pilot plus a paramedic and doctor were also on board. The Learjet 55 crashed in a busy intersection near Roosevelt Mall. That's an outdoor shopping center in the densely populated neighborhood of Ronhurst. Philadelphia's managing director Adam Thiel said the area was impact is roughly four to six blocks. He said it could be days or more until authorities are able to confirm the number of dead and injured. No information right now on why the plane crashed. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. House Republican lawmakers huddled in Miami this week, and the Senate confirmed more of President Trump's Cabinet picks, while other high-profile nominees like Cash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard are still working through hearings. NTD's Melina Weiskopf has more on this and other key moments on Capitol Hill this week. Four more of Trump's Cabinet picks confirmed this week in the Senate. Doug Burgum to lead the Interior Department, Scott Besant as the 79th Treasury Secretary, Sean Duffy as the Transportation Secretary, and New York's Lee Zeldin is now leading the EPA, and all of them won support from both sides of the aisle. On this vote, the yeas are 79, the noes 18. The nomination is confirmed. While more controversial figures, Tulsi Gabbard, Cash Patel, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were in the hot seat. Was President Donald Trump wrong to give blanket clemency to the January 6th defendants? And I do not agree with the commutation of any sentence of any individual who committed violence against law enforcement. Did you say Lyme disease is a highly likely militarily engineered bioweapon? I probably did say that. Do you still think Edward Snowden is brave? Now, Mr. Vice Chairman, Edward Snowden broke the law. In other news, former Senator Bob Menendez got his sentence handed down, 11 years in prison. It's for his involvement in a years-long bribery and corruption scheme that paid him close to $1 million in gold bars and stacks of cash. Menendez still insists on his innocence and is planning to appeal. The Democrat, facing time behind bars, now agrees with Trump. President Trump is right. This process is political, and it's corrupted to the core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system. As for the House of Representatives, Republicans huddled in Miami this week to map out their path ahead. Much of the discussion focused on how to move forward with Trump's tax and spending plans. We're building consensus. We're putting together a blueprint to do that very complicated thing, and we plan to act on that in very short order. Though some 50 Republicans skipped the retreat. Congressman Chip Roy reasoning that the retreat cost $2,000 to hear more excuses for increasing deficits. House Republican leaders plan to have a budget reconciliation resolution by the end of February. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Melina Wisecup, NTD News. Coming up at President Trump's direction, ICE is rounding up a lot of illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds. An NTD exclusive data-driven report on the raids. And Secretary Rubio travels to Latin America. What our panel has to say about Trump's foreign policy in the region. That and more when we return on NTD News. Shenyun Creations, the streaming platform from Shenyun. Featuring world-class dance, past programs, and all original music. 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Now let's watch this clip of Ryan Berg from the Center for Strategic International Studies on PBS. The Trump administration, I think, wanted to do was set the tone for other countries, which were looking very closely to see how this would play out. Mexico was looking closely, Guatemala was looking closely, Panama was looking closely to see if the Trump administration would back down. And I think they didn't want to set that precedent, which is why they were willing to threaten such high tariffs and such coercive measures. All right, Mike, I'm going to start with you. How might Trump's tariff strategy play out with other Latin American countries that are watching closely? Well, thanks a lot for having me on. Look, Trump is now 2-0. He has defeated the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, and he's also gotten Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela to change his mind. With Petro, obviously, he threatened very high tariffs. Nobody knows what Rick Grenell, the special envoy for missions, said to Maduro when he met with him. But Maduro too changed his mind. Both presidents agreed to take back illegal aliens, and in the case of Maduro, including Trendi Aragua, strong, very violent gang members. So I think the threat of tariffs has been used very deftly, at least with Colombia. That's demonstrated. And we will see how what happens from now on. He's only been in there for two weeks, but so far, so good. Marcos, do you agree? So far, so good? Well, I think regarding his main campaign promise, which was dealing with illegal migration and the southern border, he obviously has had some degree of success in that. I think there's nuance in the sense that some tariffs and some of the measures that he might take going forward, if he keeps going down this path, might end up harming his relationship with certain countries in the region. And of course, that has a lot of implications in the broader sense of US-China competition in Latin America. But obviously, he has given a very strong precedent up to this point and remains to be seen. But in a lot of sense, there is a positive aspect, but there's a nuanced approach to how he plans to go from here. Well, Marcos, I want to stay with you. How concerned are policy experts about Trump's strategy? Now, do any of them think it could lead to less cooperation in the region? Well, so that's the point I was making. I think that's one of the concerns we have, especially if the tariffs he's now imposing on Canada, Mexico, and China flow down to more countries, especially in Latin America. There are different degrees of concern. Some are concerned on how this might play out with the political disputes inside the countries in the region. If you take Brazil, my home country, of course, Trump has very close relationships with the Bolsonaro family, which was the former conservative president. So there are some policy analysis going in that sense. But I also see there is a broader concern, as I was saying, that if Trump, I mean, if you take, you know, Central American countries or Mexico, of course, the US economy is so vital to them that that's less of a concern. But if you go further down, Chile, Brazil, I think there is a concern that this might open a strategic loophole for China to make inroads in the region. Well, Mike, should we be concerned about China here? Yeah, we should be very concerned. And China has already made humongous inroads in the region. We need to change all that. And I think Trump is doing that. This is not like he's going to turn Petro or Lula da Silva, where Marcos is sitting, into enemies of the US. They're already enemies of the US. You know, Petro said, no, the plane cannot land. And as soon as Trump said, I'm going to hit you with the biggest terrorist you have ever seen, and I'm not going to let members of your party visit my country, within 37 seconds, Petro changed his mind. It was the biggest, the fastest surrender ever in Latin America. So, yeah, I mean, Marcos mentioned the strong friendship with the Bolsonaro family. Lula has already said several times that he wants to open Brazil to China. Lula is not friendly to US values. We don't start from like, oh, maybe we can get Lula on our side. Let's not upset him. No, we show force, and that shows to have, it has already worked. It has worked with Colombia. It has worked with Maduro. I think this will give Trump a taste to try it again and again and again. Well, Mike, you know, there is a significant concern about China taking advantage of free trade with Latin American nations. So, does that mean Trump's strategy could lead to China making new inroads and having more influence in the region? China is already doing it. We need to, in fact, say to our Latin American friends, and by that I include a lot of presidents that are obviously not our friends, look, you have a choice to make. You either go with China or you go with us, but we're very important as a market to you. If you decide to go, to stick with China, like Brazil is doing, like many other countries in Latin America are doing, like Peru is doing with a new port, well, good luck to them because they also rely on the U.S. as a market. So, because of China, you need to be tough, especially because of China. Well, Marcos, you have your eye on China. How much influence does China have in Latin America now? Well, I said earlier that there's the nuance of relationship with those countries regarding terrorists, and of course, like Mike said, one way to go about it is peace through strength. Now, regarding how deep China is in the region, it's very deep. I mean, in Brazil, we just had like dozens of strategic agreements signed before Trump's inauguration. We have in Argentina a PLA, People's Liberation Army, run space-based. In Ecuador, debt trap diplomacy has led the country to start paying their debts with oil, you know, strategic resource, straight off the wells of the nation. In Peru, you have the Shanghai, that's not Shanghai as in China, it's Shanghai port, which is a Chinese funded port, which basically has military capabilities. In Chile, with mineral extraction, the Ike Ike port, of course, has a large Chinese presence. And in the major ports in Brazil, which are Paranaguá and Santos, of course, you have huge Chinese presence. If you go even into Mexico, the way China has domain over certain ports and certain critical infrastructure might have a role to play in the Fentanyl crisis. So they are very, very deep in the region. And it's, of course, of concern both for the countries in the region and their people and for the US. Well, Mike, what about other countries or other nations? Are they concerned about what's happening in Latin America to the point that it could lead to international instability? I think Europe is beginning to understand that China is not a friend to them, to their values, to what they want to do. It's taken a while. I traveled to Europe. I'm traveling again to Europe next week. They're finally getting that China is going to be a big adversary in this century. So yes, I think they're following very closely. And I think Latin America, as Marcus said, Marcus is 100% right, Latin America is a main theater of operation here for this adversarial relationship, this relationship between rivals, between the US and China. Another better way we can understand Trump's strategy is that we can observe the actions of Trump's new Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who's going to Panama today. Now, President Trump has gone on record saying he wants to reclaim the Panama Canal. So let's watch this clip. And Panama's promise to us has been broken. The purpose of our deal and the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated. American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape or form. And that includes the United States Navy. And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn't give it to China. We gave it to Panama and we're taking it back. Clear words from President Trump, who's focused on making America strong, prosperous and safe. So Marcos, what is he expecting Rubio, the first Hispanic Secretary of State to accomplish in Panama? Well, I think the trip has twofold purpose. First of all, I think he has his eye on illegal migration and Panama and a bunch of Central American countries with the Darien Gap nearby, etc. are key parts of human trafficking into the US or the illegal flow of people into the US. I think that's probably the main concern. And of course, the whole Panama Canal rhetoric plays a role in this. It's incredibly significant that Marco Rubio is the first Secretary of State to be Hispanic. His parents survived the Cuban communist dictatorship. And Cuba has had a disproportionate role in influencing politics in the region since the 1960s and up to this day with organizations such as the San Paolo Forum, the following San Paolo. So with Panama, with Central America, with the whole thing we're seeing in the region, and the choice of Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, I think it's very consequential. And Panama's promise to us has been broken. After all, China is on both ends of the canal with the port in the Pacific and the port in the Atlantic, and the concerns are legitimate. You know, Mike, we're not even sure that the President is going to receive Rubio. The President Jose Raul Molino has said that the Panama Canal was not a gift from the United States, and he's not giving it back. So how difficult will it be for Rubio to achieve Trump's goal without damaging the relationship with Panama? Trump is 100% right. This was a big mistake by Jimmy Carter. And Trump is also 100% right that the Panama Canal is now being controlled by China. So we have to be very serious here with our Panamanian friends, saying this was a gift from the US. We gave it for a dollar to Omar Torrijos. I know because I was there in 88, they put me in prison. I was a journalist in Panama. It shows the depth that Trump 2.0 has, that he's thinking of Panama, he's thinking of Greenland, he's thinking very geostrategically. If the President of Panama does not deign to receive Marco Rubio, I think that this will only instigate greater desire by Trump to use force, or the threat of force. And by force, I don't mean military force only, I mean trade force, all the tools that he has at his disposal, as he has shown already with Colombia and Venezuela. So I would advise Panama that maybe they should meet Rubio. I think it's very important that Rubio is the son of Cuban exiles. I think that he's the first Secretary of State in a long time that would look at the region. He's also very, by the way, very strong in China and other regions. I don't think that we should think of Rubio just because he's a Cuban American, as being obsessed with Latin America. His testimony was largely about China to the Senate. I think he will, but he will understand the region. I think Marcos is right there. This is very, very important. Well, Marcos, do you think Rubio will have a tough time in negotiating with Panama's president? Well, I think right now the situation is tense, and we'll have to see what happens. But I think the bipartisan support Rubio, even as a Trump nominee, has gotten from the Senate, as he was confirmed as Secretary of State, does show that he is skilled in negotiation. And we'll have to wait and see. I can't make a prediction right now. But based on what we've recently seen with the Petro-Colombia crisis, where a CELAC summit in Honduras, CELAC is a multilateral organization for countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It was cancelled due to White House pressure, in a way. You could read it that way. So I think he's likely to give in, and I think Mike is right as well. With his close look to Latin America, while it is a very important part of his resume, Rubio has also been tough on China. He's the man who introduced the persecuted minority in China in the Senate. So I think he has a very broad look, and he understands both the region, in its local sense, and its broader global significance. Well, I think you're right. We'll have to see more of how Trump's foreign policy plays out as Marco Rubio meets with more world leaders. Mike Gonzalez, senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and Marcos Chacas, editor-in-chief at The Epoch Times Brazil, thank you both for joining us. Thank you. Thank you so much. President Trump is ramping up arrests of illegal immigrants nationwide. Among them, gang members, suspected terrorists, and child sex abusers. Some unintended consequences are being reported, too. And an unjustly detained military veteran and traumatic experiences by Native American citizens during the raids. Our data reporter Kevin Hogan gives us an idea of the extent of these operations. According to ICE official numbers, over 4,500 illegal immigrants have been arrested in the first eight full days of this Trump administration. So that's a big number, and it shows that President Trump is very serious about enforcing immigration law. And 538 criminal illegal immigrants have been arrested, and that's just in the first three full days of his term. Again, making public safety a priority at this point. So the question is, is Trump on track to outdo what he did in terms of these numbers in his first administration? That's what we're going to have to take a look at here. This is a visualization of the historic data of ICE arrests, and Customs and Border Patrol arrests as well, for these criminal illegal immigrants. Right here, you're seeing the divide between the Trump administration and the Biden administration. So under Trump, you have anywhere from about 70 to 120,000 arrests of these criminal illegal immigrants. That's averaging at about 94,000 every year. What happened during the Biden administration? Well, when you look at fiscal year 2021 up to 2024, you see anywhere from about 50 to, say, 75,000 of these criminal illegal immigrants arrested every year. You're averaging about 64,000 of them arrested on a yearly basis. So again, that is much more over Trump's tenure than it was in Biden's. Now, how many people were attempting to come into the country illegally over this time span? That's what you're seeing here. These are the number of encounters of Border Patrol officers interdicting people trying to cross the Southwest border, anywhere from zero to three million on this scale. That's three million a year where it peaked out in the Biden administration. So what you're seeing is in the Trump administration, now, first of all, it's not unreasonable to believe that with any body of people, a certain percentage of them are criminals. So you could safely assume that if there's more people trying to come in, there could be more criminals trying to come in. So what do you see under the Trump administration, which is right here? Sorry, let me clear that out for you. The Trump administration is right here and that you see a high number of arrests of these criminal illegal immigrants, whereas you see low amounts of border encounters. But in the Biden administration, it's just the opposite. You see relatively low numbers of these criminal arrests and very high numbers of those border encounters. Again, these are criminals who are being arrested, but what are their convictions for? That's what you're seeing in this pie chart right here. Look at this. One percent are convicted of homicide. That's killing. And again, three percent burglary. That's higher than the average for U.S. citizens overall. Sexual offense, four. We're talking very serious crimes here. And then also, again, theft, seven percent. Assault and kidnapping at 10 percent. Very violent crimes. And all of these add up to 25 percent of these criminal convictions. Again, one person can have multiple convictions, but look at that. That's a quarter of this donut. Very violent crimes that affect people's property or their lives directly. But that's not all. You have substance and weapons convictions coming in at 18 percent. These are guns, drugs, charges and convictions. This is gang related activity. Again, you talk about assault much higher than the national average weapons and substance. And then 24, about a quarter of these charges are traffic offenses. But we're not just talking running a stop sign or something here. Look at this. 14 percent of all these convictions as a whole are for DUI offenses. These are very dangerous behavior, could keep people's lives at risk. And then you have other. So that's maybe fraud, could be domestic issues and so forth. So that's about a third. Again, this looks very similar because this is this is under the Biden tenure fiscal year 2022 to 2024. This looks very similar to what occurred under Trump. It's just the only difference is that Trump was arresting a lot more. Now, the big question is what happens next? ICE right now, according to an entity extrapolation, is on par to arrest anywhere between sixty five thousand and one hundred and twelve thousand criminal illegal immigrants. So this is a big number. Again, some variables here. That's why there's a range. Again, this is all based off of New York Post report, what senior Trump officials told them and the White House statement. But look at this. One hundred and twelve thousand. That is just ICE numbers alone. That could be a record for the Trump administration on a yearly basis. We'll have to see what happens exactly, because, again, you just don't know. But there certainly is reason to believe that there are at least that many still left in the country. So it is possible at this rate. Now, the borders are Tom Homan. He says that these raids by ICE are going to be a lot tougher in the near future. So that number could be even higher. And we're going to be tracking the arrests by ICE of these criminal illegal immigrants for you as we keep going back to you. President Donald Trump's second week in office was packed with major policy moves. Entity's Daniel Monaghan takes a closer look. President Trump announced a temporary freeze on federal grants and loans early in the week, aiming to curb what he called wasteful spending. Fifty million dollars being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas. However, legal challenges quickly followed, leading to a federal injunction that blocked the freeze. While the administration later rescinded the memo, it reaffirmed its commitment to cutting federal spending. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined ICE agents in New York City, assisting in the arrests of criminal Noem posted footage of one of the arrests, an individual with kidnapping, assault and burglary charges. A dispute arose when Colombian President Gustavo Petro rejected two U.S. deportation flights carrying illegal immigrants. Trump swiftly responded with visa restrictions, 25 percent tariffs on Colombian imports and other measures in retaliation. You probably read about Colombia two days ago. They said, no, we're not taking them. I said, we're going to take them. You're going to take them. You're going to like it, too. Shortly after, Colombia resumed accepting deportation flights. On Wednesday, Trump signed the Lake and Riley Act requiring the detention of illegal immigrants suspected of crimes. She was a light of warmth and kindness in every single room. The law follows the murder conviction of illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra, who was found guilty of killing Lake and Riley. Trump announced plans to detain up to 30,000 criminal illegal immigrants at Guantanamo Bay. To detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people. Some of them are so bad we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back. In trade news, Trump imposed new tariffs of 25 percent on Mexican and Canadian goods and 10 percent on Chinese goods. Tariffs don't cause inflation, they cause success. They cause big success. The president issued a directive requiring federal employees to return to offices by February 6th, discussing it on Fox News. If people aren't coming to work, if they're not going to come into the office and report as per the date that you know what it is, everybody knows what the date is, it's been very well documented, then they're going to be terminated. Trump signed the Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness Executive Order, which would ban transgender individuals from military service and mandate biological sex-based pronouns. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reacted on Fox News. We will be merit-based and colorblind, and that is the case at the Defense Department. DEI is going to be ripped out root and branch. Trump also issued an executive order banning cross-sex medical procedures for minors. A process that includes giving kids puberty blockers, mutating their physical appearance, and ultimately performing surgery on minor children. Can you believe this? White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt held her inaugural press conference, telling reporters Trump had taken over 300 executive actions since taking office. Secured nearly $1 trillion in U.S. investments, deported illegal alien rapists, gang members, and suspected terrorists from our homeland, and restored common sense to the federal government. With immigration trade and military policy at the forefront, the administration's third week is set to be just as eventful. Daniel Monahan, NTD News. Coming up, obesity, an adverse health trend of our times. A bestselling author says when and often we eat is just as important as what we eat. That and more when we return on NTD News. So at the age of five, I was sexually molested. I had my first child at the age of 15, and became homeless at the age of 16. 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As such, the age-old practice of fasting offers power potential for losing weight. He joined NTD's Brendan Fallon to discuss this on Vital Signs. I'm really excited to talk to you about intermittent fasting because I know this is really your domain, and you literally wrote the book on intermittent fasting. To start with, I've been reading some of your articles on Medium, and I really appreciate the way you kind of bring in popular culture into your writing to make it more engaging. One part that stood out to me, you were talking about this phenomenon, and if we look at old photos, if we look at the people lining up to go to see Jaws in the 1970s or to see Star Wars, you didn't see that many obese people. This question comes up again and again, why was obesity less at that time, and does when we eat factor into this? Yeah, I think it does. I think that it's really a combination of two things. If you think about how the body gains weight, it's about the thing that you eat, but it's also about how long you spend not eating, right? Because when you're eating, your body is going to store calories, which is a form of food energy, and when you're not eating, then your body takes the stored food energy out of starch, right? So body fat is a store of food energy, right? It's calories that you've eaten and get stored away. So in order to use those calories that you've stored away, the body fat, you need to not eat, right? That just makes sense. The whole thing is that we spend so much time thinking about the foods that we're eating and not eating, and we don't think about the amount of time we spend fasting, which is simply the amount of time we're not eating, because that's the only time that you can actually burn body fat. You can't actually burn body fat if you're eating. When you eat, your body senses it, the hormone insulin gets released, and what insulin does, what its job is, is to tell your body, hey, food is coming in, calories are coming in, we need to store some of it. Because when you're not eating, during sleep and so on, then you need something stored away. So that's what insulin's job is. If you're eating constantly, well, basically, you're constantly telling your body, store body fat, store body fat, store these calories as body fat. So you can't actually take any out, because when you're storing it, insulin blocks you from taking stored calories out, right? Why would it allow you to store calories and take them out at the same time? It doesn't. It actually blocks you from doing it. So the whole point is that if you want to lose body fat, then one, the foods that you eat are important, and it's much more than the calories. Calories is only a piece of it. But it's the foods that you eat, but also how long you spend not eating. If you know that your body spend when you're not eating is going to be taking calories and burning them, why would it not be important how long you spend burning calories? And of course, it's important. So if you look at the 70s, there's a culture where there's no snacking, where there's nothing to eat after dinner, you don't eat in the theaters, you don't eat in front of the TV, you don't eat in front of the computer. So therefore, when you finish dinner, that means from that point on, your body is going to be burning calories all the way until you break your fast the next day at breakfast, right? That's where it gets its work. You can watch that full interview on epochtv.com by clicking the talk shows tab to find vital signs. Coming up, we look at how the Chinese community in Flushing, New York celebrated the Lunar New Year this weekend. Plus a message they want to share with the world, reject the Chinese Communist Party's infiltration on US soil. And Texas just celebrated Shen Yun Day, the Texas House of Representatives officially recognized January 29 2025 as Shen Yun Day. What they have to say about this classical Chinese dance and music company after the break. Every day, thousands of kids start vaping. And I can't let this happen to my kid. So if you want to talk to your kids, you have to get it trending. No, you're doing it wrong. Can we talk? Yeah, what's up? Visit talkaboutvaping.org for tips on when and how to have the vape talk. Conflict is raging across the world and millions of children's lives are being devastated by war, hunger, disease, and poverty. We urgently need your help to reach children in crisis. Please call or go online to give just $10 a month, only 33 cents a day. We need 1,000 new monthly donors this month to help children in crisis around the world and right here at home. 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Over 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture soared across Texan stages, and with it, a government resolution to officially name January 29, 2025, as Xinyun Day, saluting the New York-based dance company Xinyun Performing Arts for its efforts to revive five millennia of Chinese civilization and values from before communism. To ring in the first day of the Lunar New Year with a nod to ancient Chinese culture, the Texas House of Representatives passed a resolution to officially name January 29, Xinyun Day, to applaud and recognize Xinyun Performing Arts for its efforts at reviving 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture and values around the world. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, H.R. 72 recognizes January 29, 2025, as Xinyun Day at our Capitol. Today, we are recognizing 19 years of Xinyun's dedication to reviving and sharing the beauty of traditional Chinese culture through classical dance and music. The New York-based company tours the world with a mission to give people a glimpse into China's rich heritage from before communism. Xinyun's performance conveys principles of faith, freedom, and hope, values that are shared with many in the U.S. My wife dragged me to Xinyun at Christmas, last Christmas, and I was deeply moved. And I really feel like every high school kid in the United States who sees Xinyun, because of an old proverb, more is caught than taught. And I thought I was going to see just beautiful ballet. But what I got is a history lesson of the beauty of the Chinese culture and what communism has done to destroy it. I think Texas is all about freedom and free expression. I know that Xinyun cares a lot about traditional Chinese values and culture. So we see that Xinyun being in a position to help Americans and also Chinese to remember their culture and heritage pre-communism. That's a important legacy that I think Texans uniquely understand the importance of that. It's who we are as Texans, as our history and our heritage. Traditional Chinese culture finds its roots in spirituality and belief in the divine. Xinyun showcases these themes in its story-based dances, touching on myths and legends, along with true stories set in modern-day communist China, exposing their persecution of faith groups. And it kind of shines an example that communism really quite simply kills. It kills dreams. It kills hopes. It kills families. It just destroys everything and concentrates power. But Xinyun is, and the movement behind it, stands for this premise that the people are free. And when allowed to pursue their dreams, great things happen. That communities are lifted up and people prosper. Through each performance, the Texas State Representatives resonated with the message of freedom. I had no idea what Xinyun was until I'd seen it. And I thought it was just beautiful ballet until I found this incredible, inspiring message of freedom and liberty, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to express who you are. And Xinyun does it so well. And I just hope and pray that the kids of Texas and across the United States will see it. We applaud the remarkable skill, discipline, and artistry of Xinyun's performers who preserve and celebrate ancient cultural heritage through their dedication and talent and extend them our best wishes for a memorial and successful 2025 tour, with gratitude for Xinyun's contributions to the arts and cultural enrichment in Texas and beyond. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Xinyun will perform three shows on February 15th and the 16th at the CFISD Visual and Performing Arts Center in Cypress, Texas. NTD News, Austin, Texas. Thank you for tuning in to NTD Evening News. I'm Arlene Richards. Have a good night. What if you could whiten your teeth by simply brushing your teeth? 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